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This report argues for giving citizens greater control over their own health and care, so that services are redesigned around their needs and aspirations, to improve health outcomes and to save money by supporting people better to manage their conditions themselves.

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Developed through work with young people and organisations working with young people, their families and carers, My life, my support, my choice is one of four new branches of the Narrative for person centred coordinated care launched in 2013, and which has been adopted by many health and care organisations including NHS England as well as individual care providers.

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This document sets out calls for action, based on sound evidence, and highlights the crucial contributions that the voluntary and community sector (VCS) can make, with the right support. In summary it calls for action to: target public health; make people the priority, not the system; support people with chronic conditions and disabilities; create people-powered services; fund health and care properly; and no top down reorganisations.

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In this brief article Merron Simpson argues that whilst people using services do not necessarily see the boundaries between them, services are often provided in 'silos'. Furthermore, traditional Care Pathways commonly address people’s medical conditions, but overlook the person as a whole.

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This paper elucidates what 'patient-centredness' is, first by identifying its boundaries and distinguishing it from ideas and practices it is sometimes confused or conflated with. It goes on to set out the key elements of patient-centred services and briefly explores approaches services can take to becoming patient-centred.

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In June 2014 the Royal College of General Practitioners commissioned an independent panel to lead an inquiry into patient centred care in the 21st century - with the aim of identifying cost effective solutions to the medical, social and financial challenges posed by rising levels of multimorbidity.

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Published by the King's Fund, this paper concentrates on individuals’ involvement in their own health and care, and the involvement of an individual’s family or other carers. The paper is aimed at those who are less familiar with the day-to-day concepts and practice of individual forms of involvement, and who would benefit from a strategic overview to inform practice, strategy and policy.